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Multivitamins and supplements sold in Canada under various brand names are being recalled due to concern they could contain metal fibres.

A grieving mother says she'll be able to get her daughter out of a hospital freezer storage unit and buried with dignity, after an outpouring of community support has helped the family pay for the cost of a funeral.

A new, unusual cluster of human H5N1 cases in Colorado hints at looming challenges to come, all while the broader U.S. bird flu outbreak may be surging out of control, several scientists told CBC News.

Canada's federal vaccine advisory body is now recommending a single dose of the HPV vaccine for children and youth, bringing the country in line with multiple others that have already reduced the number of required doses for young people.

Some dog owners say the temporary exemption Canada has received from the most onerous new U.S. rules for bringing dogs across the border doesn't go far enough and the reprieve needs to be made permanent.

A total of 780 general practitioners and specialists left the public system in the past year — an increase of 22 per cent compared to the year prior, according to data compiled by the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ).

An outbreak of a highly infectious gastrointestinal illness is impacting Calgary's homeless population, sending more than a dozen people to hospital so far.

One year after the Manitoba government hired a staffing agency to bring 150 doctors to work in the province, not a single physician has arrived.

Nova Scotia health-care workers were recruited from one of the world's largest refugee camps as part of a federal program that aims to bridge the gap between skilled displaced people and labour shortages.

Taking too many prescription pills may cause side-effects and potential problems. Deprescribing from medications that are no longer necessary to a patient’s health may relieve side-effects and improve health.

A recent decision to drop some burdensome new border-related paperwork requirements for Canadians entering the U.S. with their dogs might only be temporary, Canada’s health minister says.

Quebec had 790 positive COVID-19 cases in the week of July 16, according to the latest data from the Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec.

Three Code Oranges have been called at P.E.I. hospitals in just over three months, compared to the same number in all of 2023. Health officials say it might become an even more frequent occurrence in the future.

More Canadians should receive their main health care through teams of professionals so their increasingly complex needs can be met while not paying privately for it, the Canadian Medical Association says in a new report.

Janice Strickland says her daughter Sarah Strickland is one of the dozens of bodies being kept at the Health Sciences Centre. The high costs of a funeral and lack of government support is keeping her from burying her daughter with dignity, she says.

A poliovirus variant has been detected in six wastewater samples in Khan Younis and Deir Al Balah, two cities in southern and central Gaza. No one in Gaza has been treated for polio-related symptoms yet, the WHO told The Associated Press.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control will not require Canadians to fill out long forms before crossing the border from Canada with their dogs this summer.

Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba is declaring a health care state of emergency due to a nursing shortage that has forced it to lock the doors of its health centre to everything but emergencies only.

Medical assistance in dying has forced some Christian clergy and chaplains to reflect deeply on their own beliefs. Some have embraced MAID. Others have rejected it. Many wrestle with it.

A brand of baby cereal is being pulled from all in-store and online retailers in Canada due to possible Cronobacter contamination.